Insidious (movie)

About five weeks before they began filming "Jem and the Holograms" in Los Angeles, producers of the movie took an unusual step by Hollywood standards.

They announced plans to revive the 1980s cult TV series in a video to their fans posted on the social media website Tumblr. But the producers weren't on the video asking for financial contributions from a crowd-funding site.

Instead, director Jon M. Chu urged fans to contribute to the creative process by pitching their own ideas for the script. They even urged people to audition for acting, singing and dancing parts in the film, which follows the adventures of pop star Jem and her bandmates.

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